West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-06
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINIGS SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject OF Discourse. "a December
Christ"

thcH departed; and tp, TIC star trhtci thgy
'd'o ln ho east tccnt before them, a. u
5000 orcr irhcre Me young chiid ,cdS 81
Mathew, ii. q
At this season all Christendom celebrates
the incarnation. step down out OF the COM
tortab,e surroundings i'm which YOU are into
chill DE, embcr nigUt in Bethlehem. Two
plain people hotcled in a village harm nfter n
walk OF eighty miles, too long for one in
poor health. No lords of state waiting in an
ante't hamber rs at the birth OF other kings
no me ,senger mounted at the doorway ready
- herald the advent from city 10 city no
kindly medical Attendance. no satin lined
cradle 20 receive the infautile guest, but a
monarch born In n no telry called the House
OF -, the night with diamondcl finger
pointing 70 the place, the Door OF Heaven
swung wide open 10 look out, from or hestral
baton dripping overtureS of the Mess ah
hinStrelS OF God standing ON the lowest door
step OF Heaven u announce glory aud good
VIII. soon att'r the white bearded astroOgers
kneel and from leathern pouch chink the
shekels, and from open sack cNhnle the tufts
OF trankinCenSo aud rustic out the bundles
OF myrrh The loosened star, the cs,nrcd
doNology OF Ce'CstialS our world. n lost
star and another star ITl hing down the SKY
that night 10 beckon it home again. All
tina, $ emo will yet make al nations keep
christmas Now, are there not some new
lessons coming from this Il story Lessons
not lackneycd 10y OFT reyeated' Oh VeS
Notice, first of ALL IL was silcrcnl apptnr-
ance. 10, the star went before them. why
not black cloud i'm the shape of n hand or "A
hnger pointing down 10 tho saarod birth
pla et Oh, a cloud means trouble The
world had had trouble enough why not "A
shaft OF lightning quivering i'm tho sky and
striking down To the sacred birthpla %
Lightning means destruction-w writing, ALI
consuming de ,truCtiou, and the world had
maj obstruction enough. IL was star
hat means Joy. that means good cheer, that
means nor o. that means uscendansy.
sar mat means or ative power for did
not the morning stars sing together hon
Ine portio1D Of worlds was o cued! A stlrl
| Ihat means defence, for did not the stnrs i'm
| their course fight against Sisera and for tho
Lords peop'o, star That means brilliant
| continuan q. for0re not the righteous to shine
/ as The stars forever aud everf Days on
| high. Morning star of the Redecmcr. That
/ unusual nppearan Q in the skv that night
may have been strange con junction OF
worlds. You know astronomers calculat,
/ long years before it occurred the trnngit of
! Venus, and they can see thousands wears
ahead and caG tell you what will b. the con
| junction OF worlds in the year 1886 and 80
/ they can calculate backward, and Chistin n
astronomers go into calculation and they
| ind that In what we call the year one there
/ was strange appearance i'm tn Heavens;
and the intdel re Getting the Bible and de.
/ spising Christianity he goes into the same
calculation aud he Is compelled e. declare
that IN the year one there was strange ap
| pearance IN the Heavens The Chinese record
/ made up, Of course, entiTe.y inde9endtnt of
/ the Word OF God, desiaros that in what we
can the year one, there was n strange appear
/ ance In the Heavens That n te.
! all, II may have been meteorio
\ apI earance, such "a YOU aud I have
sometimes witne se1 / stood on tho Ilain
and l saw In tho western heavens, some
/ years ago. meteor flash with such brillian-
| cy and precision that thought then that il
had boen on hill as high as that OF Bethlo.
/ hem could have calculated within Tow
yards tho place where IL alighted. II tho
University OF Iowa and In the Briu.h Mu.
scum there arc fragments OF rock that have
! been hurled OIL from meteors ns they went
trailing thoir glory on the SKY. SO IL does
| not seem 20 me at all i'm mprObable this sidereal
| or, II you VIII, this meteoric appearance on
! that Christmas night Oh am so clad TINT
! IT was not cloud OF threat but a star OF
| hope that shono that night ] do not wonder
that ihe DYING college student when he
I caught glimpse of that 80 ir took his pen
! and the light seemed flashing from his fin
! gers and the star seemed touring IT, lustrc
/ from his lips while Kirk VIII % wrote those
| immortal words:
/ When marshalel on the nightly plain,
The glitteriDg host bostud tho sky;
| One star alone Of all the train
| Could fix the sinners wandering eve.
! Hark, bark 10 God, the chorus breaks
| From every host, from every gem,
But one alone the Saviour speaks,
! IL Is tho sar Of Bethlehem.
/ Once on the raging sea / rode
/ The storm was loud, the night was dark,
! And rudely blew the wind that tosseI
My laundering bark
Deep low within my vitals frole
Death struck | cea e1 IN I dc to stem
/ When suddenly n star arose
/ 10 was the star Of Bethleh I'M.
! : People arc sorry that Kirk white died nj.
I ter writing that IT was enough for lie.
! time 20 have written IT, and no wonder when
/ ne completed u the glOrcs OF Heaven swnl.
/ lowed him mup.
notice slso In that s-ene that other worlds
/ feened 70 adore our Lord and Mnstrr Bright
! star OF n ght, wheel on in thine orbit mo"
i tays the star, II must come nearer mn
\ bend, ] must wat IA % see what they will do
with Jesus" Another world in w0r hin
/ That star bowed In obedience. / sometime
hear people talk as though the few thousand
miles OF this wOr Of ours were All of The
Sayiors dominion; but / suppose ali the mil.
! lions and lliOns au1 quadrilIiong Of world
are inhnbited-perhaps not by such ,roq.
| tures as We are, but by such creatures as God
/ designed, an1 all thoss worlds are
/ the Saviour's realm. Only one disiovai
/ world in the universe You know IA Z
! Sols, ~ Keys, its Tedals, its pipes had %
/ complete harmony save one in urcd teInl
! save one brosen KEY, the rOr hUH0Hd OF th
\ human race This disloyal world You
know mat however grand an instru ucnt, II
I there Is one broken key 10 spoils the harmony
/ Aud Chri-t b. to mend this broken key.nnd Do
\ store this injured pedal and the world uill o.
/ ln accord. aud oil worlds will bo in accord.
/ Isle oi Wight. larger Doe comparison with the
] BRUSH Empire than orr world b. conplred
/ with Christs dominion That Christina
/ night q. .trouony surrendered to Christ
/ Our planet for Christ The solnr
/ system for Christ Worlds aiIa 4,
\ md worlds burned ont - all worlds for
I Christ Minutest and eane.t mirlo.corl
/ cannot 500 the one side OF Christi dominion
I ana Iarth s.-reachinE telescope cannot so
the other side o. chri-ts dominion But I
I Will tell you how the universe b. L1uudet
I ~ ls BOUNDED on thl nor nDl south. aud
I east AND wet by God. and God is Christ. and
I lhrlst o. God, and that God is ours Oh.
I my Trend docs 10 u.t enlarge your IDEAS of
eaFiours dominion ~ realize that alI the
I worlds are only so many So nrkg stru .k from
I his nnvilf That The worlds are so many
| nee hocks following tho one Shepherd
l mat oli the islands OF laht in immcnsity are
q great arc hipeiaRO Of Christs dominion
But inOtice also in % p science that have
| spoken ~ tho fact that % was tho profound
I and tho learned men Of the world who came
/ 70 Christ The Bible say th8 vie mon Of
tuo knst We call thom the mngi tho a.
/ trolORer, the alchemIsts aud we pronounce
their names with n depro.iating nccontIn-
tion DO you know whJ they wcr8f They
were the most splendid end magnificent men
" the century. They knew all that w.s
known DO you not ie 0gnle the fact that
nsirolOgy is ibe mother OF astronomy DO
you not recognize the fact that ai henry is
tho mother ~ chemistry Aud you d0 uot
0cspiso tho mother bee nuso YOU admire the